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Esther M Friedman
Faculty Associate, Training Faculty
Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Research Interests:
Esther Friedman is a Research Associate Professor at the Survey Research Center, where she also serves as an Associate Director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Dr. Friedman is a sociologist whose research examines how families and communities facilitate the health and wellbeing of older adults. Much of her recent work focuses on family caregiving and long-term care. She is currently leading a study for which she is collecting and analyzing new data on the social support networks of family caregivers to persons with dementia.
Select Publications
- David P. Kennedy, Esther M Friedman, Allison Kirkegaard, Sarah Edgington, Regina Shih. 2024. Perceived loss of support to community caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Journal of Community Psychology 52(3):475-497.
- Kirkegaard, Allison, Esther M Friedman, Edgington, Sarah, Kennedy, David. 2024. Increased Care Provision and Caregiver Wellbeing: Moderation by Changes in Social Network Care Provision. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 79(5):gbae015.
- Daniel Siconolfi, Molly Waymouth, Esther M Friedman, Debra Saliba, Regina Shih,. 2024. Key Informants’ Visions and Solutions to Improve Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults and Persons With Dementia. Research on Aging
- Esther M Friedman, Sarah Edgington, José J. Escarce, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Regina A. Shih. 2024. Implications of Rebalancing Home-Based Care for Family Caregivers to Older Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Leung, Cindy W, Noura Insolera, Wolfson, Julia A, McEvoy, Claire T, Ryan,Lindsay H, Esther M Friedman, Langa,Kenneth M, Heeringa,Steven G, Hao, Wei. 2024. Food insecurity and dementia risk in US older adults: Evidence from the 2013-2021 Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 79(11):gbae153.
- Jordan M. Harrison, Esther M Friedman, Sarah Edgington, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Daniel Siconolfi, Regina A. Shih. 2024. Outcomes of Medicaid Rebalancing May Differ Across Enrollee Populations. Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Esther M Friedman, Scott R. Beach, Richard Schulz. 2023. Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending at Older Ages: Do Caregiving Arrangements Matter?. Journal of Applied Gerontology 42(5):1013-1021.
- Kim, Hansol, Beach, Scott R, Esther M Friedman, Donovan, Heidi, Schulz, Richard. 2023. Effects of Childcare, Work, and Caregiving Intensity on Male and Female Family Caregivers. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 78(6):959-968.
- Vicki A Freedman, Agree, Emily M, Seltzer, Judith A, Birditt,Kira S, Fingerman, Karen L, Esther M Friedman, Lin, I-Fen, Margolis, Rachel, Park, Sung S, Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth, Polenick, Courtney A, Reczek, Rin, Reyes, Adriana M, Truskinovsky, Yulya, Wiemers, Emily E, Wu, Huijing, Wolf, Douglas A, Wolff, Jennifer L, Zarit, Steven H. 2023. Changing Demography of Late-Life Family Caregiving: A Research Agenda to Understand Future Care Networks for An Aging U.S. Population. The Gerontologist
- Vicki A Freedman, Agree, Emily M, Seltzer, Judith A, Birditt,Kira S, Fingerman, Karen L, Esther M Friedman, Lin, I-Fen, Margolis, Rachel, Park, Sung S, Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth, Polenick, Courtney A, Reczek, Rin, Reyes, Adriana M, Truskinovsky, Yulya, Wiemers, Emily E, Wu, Huijing, Wolf, Douglas A, Wolff, Jennifer L, Zarit, Steven H. 2023. The Changing Demography of Late-Life Family Caregiving: A Research Agenda to Understand Future Care Networks for an Aging U.S. Population. The Gerontologist